search_archives

Search Arkivportalen, the national archive catalogue: fonds, series and units held by Norwegian archive institutions (statsarkiv, byarkiv, private archives, ...).

Signature: search_archives(query: string, required; limit: integer, items, optional, default 25; page: integer, optional, default 1; offset: integer, items, optional, default 0)

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives/?query={query}&limit=25&page=1&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit}, {page} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&page=1&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
offsetoptionalintegerNumber of list items to skip; default 0.
Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&page=1&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&page=1&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&page=1&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "arkivverket",
  "operation": "search_archives",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}
Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-18T23:30:44Z in 0.972 seconds.

Showing 10 of 4239 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Europarådet. Commitee of the Experts on the Under Water Cultural Heritage
    id:
    A-1054
  2. name:
    Nordic Institute for Missiological and Ecumenical Research (NIME)
    id:
    MA-A-1133
  3. name:
    Produced water: A study of biological degradation and exsposure
    id:
    0003
  4. name:
    Sudan. Water project. Hydrogeological conditions in the Southern Sudan
    id:
    0005
  5. name:
    Physiological effects of reduced water quality on fish in Marine Aquaculture
    id:
    0008
  6. name:
    Stiftelsen Underwater Techonology Foundation
    id:
    A-7620
  7. name:
    Stiftelsen Underwater Technology Foundation
    id:
    A-7620
  8. name:
    Egglishaw, H.J. - Nicoll, E.H. - A Biological survey of river water quality in Scotland
    id:
    0013
  9. name:
    Paleontological/Stratigraphical Final Report. Well 2/5-6 - Formation Factor Tests. Well 2/8-6 - Water Analysis. Well 2/8-6
    id:
    0002
  10. name:
    HYWIND: A concept for offshore deep water wind energy production – Technological innovation aspects
    id:
    0002
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total:
4239
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Europarådet. Commitee of the Experts on the Under Water Cultural Heritage
    id:
    A-1054
    path:
    NMM/A-1054
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norsk Maritimt Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/18f6d699-882c-47d6-8904-aae5c6ad9b53
  2. urn:
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    name:
    Nordic Institute for Missiological and Ecumenical Research (NIME)
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    MA-A-1133
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    VID/MA-A-1133
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    ARKIV
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4f9003ea-1390-4867-8ad4-58d38335994e
  3. urn:
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    name:
    Produced water: A study of biological degradation and exsposure
    id:
    0003
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    AV/SAST-A-101683/F/L0005/0003
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    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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  4. urn:
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    name:
    Sudan. Water project. Hydrogeological conditions in the Southern Sudan
    id:
    0005
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    AV/RA-PA-1641/E/Ea/L0299/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  5. urn:
    3c67b9a8-121a-4d6d-8f11-cb31b105ee38
    name:
    Physiological effects of reduced water quality on fish in Marine Aquaculture
    id:
    0008
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    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  6. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003792479
    name:
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    id:
    A-7620
    path:
    BBA/A-7620
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  7. urn:
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    name:
    Stiftelsen Underwater Technology Foundation
    id:
    A-7620
    path:
    SAF/A-7620
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    ARKIV
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    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dbdd1e34-6ae8-4159-ad3d-331663726ef5
  8. urn:
    a8de2fbc-1b3c-4e58-9b5c-f063c3d9e727
    name:
    Egglishaw, H.J. - Nicoll, E.H. - A Biological survey of river water quality in Scotland
    id:
    0013
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0020/0013
    unit_type:
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  9. urn:
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    name:
    Paleontological/Stratigraphical Final Report. Well 2/5-6 - Formation Factor Tests. Well 2/8-6 - Water Analysis. Well 2/8-6
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102451/E/Eb/L0016/0002
    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  10. urn:
    bf9d0d92-d9c8-48cc-871c-2d37fadfd396
    name:
    HYWIND: A concept for offshore deep water wind energy production – Technological innovation aspects
    id:
    0002
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    AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0049/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf9d0d92-d9c8-48cc-871c-2d37fadfd396
  11. urn:
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    Waterlogic
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    digitized_documents:
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  12. urn:
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    0002
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  13. urn:
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  14. urn:
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  15. urn:
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  16. urn:
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  17. urn:
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    Construction work orders Draugen project 9538 Water injection pumps
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  20. urn:
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  21. urn:
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    ICES - Program to Assess the Ecological Effects of Oil Spills in Offshore Waters
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  22. urn:
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  23. urn:
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  24. urn:
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limit:
25
offset:
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has_more_results:
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25
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  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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